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? OR-Gov: Republican Bud Pierce needed a lot to go right this year if he wanted to unseat Gov. Kate Brown in Democratic-leaning Oregon. But it's just hard to sum up how awful Pierce's comments at a Friday debate were. After Brown disclosed that she had been a victim of domestic violence, Pierce declared, "a woman that has a great education and training and a great job is not susceptible to this kind of abuse by men, women or anyone.read more

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WASHINGTON ? Bud Pierce, the Republican trying to unseat Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D), may have torpedoed his campaign last week by claiming, in the middle of a live-streamed debate, that women with a “great education and training and...

Add this to the Official Annals of Really Stupid Things Republicans Say: During Oregon’s second gubernatorial debate on Friday, Republican candidate Bud Pierce said that educated women are not susceptible to abuse because they have ...